Of the many candidates, this was a reasonable choice. I actually like it. Though, the 80s were my formative years. So take that from a guy who walked around for months with a head of long hair but one side shaved practically bald. - Andy
>________________________________ >From: highpointe <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 12:54 PM >Subject: Re: New HBase Logo > >Very... > >80's > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Aug 31, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Your PMC voted the following as the new HBase logo: >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12492477/01.jpg >> >> It will replace the now retired bass clef that has served us well down >> through the years. >> >> We hope you like it. >> >> The process by which we came up with this design was long and >> torturous. Hopefully we will not have to ever repeat it. At one time >> the thought was to have the broad hbase community vote on the logo but >> getting your PMC just to agree on a small set of contenders was like >> pulling teeth; painful all around (engineers and design == not such a >> good mix). May you all forgive us for keeping the decision committee >> small. >> >> We'll roll it out in the next day or so. >> >> A new website redesign is also on its way. Hopefully that will show >> up soon too. We'll keep you posted. >> >> Yours, >> St.Ack >> >> P.S. Thank you to dezinden on 99designs for the winning logo >> P.P.S Thanks to StumbleUpon for forking over the dollars to fund the >> 99designs competition > > >
